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Pyrimidine-2,4,6-trione derivatives and their inhibition of mutant SOD1-dependent protein aggregation. Toward a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of medicinal chemistry - 14 Apr 2011
Xia Guoyao, Benmohamed Radhia, Kim Jinho, Arvanites Anthony C, Morimoto Richard I, Ferrante Robert J, Kirsch Donald R, Silverman Richard B
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of motor neurons, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and death, most often from respiratory failure. The only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of ALS, riluzole, only extends the median survival in patients by 2-3 months. There is an urgent need for novel therapeutic strategies for this devastating...
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